tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14532210883403804372019-01-19T12:38:58.931+02:00The Freelancer's FashionblogThe Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.comBlogger1928125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-32541752715457192462018-11-28T14:47:00.001+02:002018-11-28T14:47:30.602+02:00WHEEL IT!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3K4XhQqzJyc/W_6JZzjIq2I/AAAAAAAAWiw/I9uFM3CBZK8zDHCjD-e4VTd0JftiiP_VQCLcBGAs/s1600/wheels4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3K4XhQqzJyc/W_6JZzjIq2I/AAAAAAAAWiw/I9uFM3CBZK8zDHCjD-e4VTd0JftiiP_VQCLcBGAs/s1600/wheels4.png" width="635" /></a></div>You may know that my love for putting wheels on, or rather: under things, is just about as big as my love for pockets.<br /><br /><a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/2018/04/dags-room.html" target="_blank">When we made Dag's room</a>&nbsp;we put wheels under most of the storage. Easy to move around when playing, building fortresses and creating new secret worlds.<br /><br /><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_6RdoTt-R4s/W_6JYzgT1BI/AAAAAAAAWik/MEbB1aAf7Gw8hVDx4hRuEQ5PsV7hKkH0wCLcBGAs/s1600/wheels1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_6RdoTt-R4s/W_6JYzgT1BI/AAAAAAAAWik/MEbB1aAf7Gw8hVDx4hRuEQ5PsV7hKkH0wCLcBGAs/s1600/wheels1.png" width="635" /></a><br />He has a bench with boxes filled with toys underneath, that he can roll out when he needs them, to where he wants them.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pdkRlwIxKGo/W_6JY-FkcFI/AAAAAAAAWis/rIFhxJ19CZY85QVIA_8-OmfTNGVy6LtxgCLcBGAs/s1600/id_wheels2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pdkRlwIxKGo/W_6JY-FkcFI/AAAAAAAAWis/rIFhxJ19CZY85QVIA_8-OmfTNGVy6LtxgCLcBGAs/s1600/id_wheels2.png" width="635" /></a></div><br />I planned and Eddi made a lego tray to build on, and then push under the bed for when not needed. And also to mimize the amount of hazardous little hard pieces to step onto when spread out on the floor (they still appear there too though...)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ybIccj_01Tk/W_6JYz9AMKI/AAAAAAAAWio/8sJjXO53wVIVT2fPPbs9J5vcKhmaZXM8gCLcBGAs/s1600/wheels3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ybIccj_01Tk/W_6JYz9AMKI/AAAAAAAAWio/8sJjXO53wVIVT2fPPbs9J5vcKhmaZXM8gCLcBGAs/s1600/wheels3.png" width="635" /></a></div>And I got a couple of transport trolleys from the hardware store to store the bigger toy boxes on.<br />(Yes, half of our house consists of Lego.)<br /><br />I wonder if there is something more that I'd manage to wheel still...<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-75272028079965852032018-11-18T01:59:00.001+02:002018-11-18T02:02:18.362+02:00EVERY SEASON IS JUMPSUIT SEASON<br />I'm continuing my -apparent- theme colours for this fall; here in a jumpsuit I sew myself in a dark, plum-brownish shade.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-syKiqVAX1cw/W_CldGMeHHI/AAAAAAAAWh4/3Uem-XalwfUxNNqeFqWU1LMr6CtS6WY4ACLcBGAs/s1600/jumpsuit1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-syKiqVAX1cw/W_CldGMeHHI/AAAAAAAAWh4/3Uem-XalwfUxNNqeFqWU1LMr6CtS6WY4ACLcBGAs/s1600/jumpsuit1.png" width="635" /></a></div>I've noticed that sewing is perhaps the closest to a hobby I have, as I otherwise don't really have time for one (unless buying lipsticks counts as a hobby). While I have to do a lot of sewing for work (costumes) too, sewing for my everyday-self is something of a threat as I am not able to do it whenever I'd like, and it is not something I&nbsp;<i>have to d</i>o but want to.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G3OEfXm5OsE/W_CldVbFqeI/AAAAAAAAWh8/t25PMrPox70gRvBp-bOS13G9UUBYw8m-ACLcBGAs/s1600/jumpsuit2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G3OEfXm5OsE/W_CldVbFqeI/AAAAAAAAWh8/t25PMrPox70gRvBp-bOS13G9UUBYw8m-ACLcBGAs/s1600/jumpsuit2.png" width="635" /></a></div>I made this based on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BnIuQ9AHd7O/" target="_blank">&nbsp;a thinner jumpsuit I have</a>, bought last summer.&nbsp; That one fits and hangs great but the fabric was cheap and got floppy very fast. So I decided to make a new, better quality version. As you may remember I am not used to working with patterns, but I often copy things I see. Cutting is always the hardest part, sewing is easier. I will still need to make a small lift in the waist as it gets a bit bulky there, and I want to add a couple of decorative buttons in the front - but otherwise this was a rather quick and painless project!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fUrFN3ur99w/W_Cqw2Wx5HI/AAAAAAAAWiM/Epp1Qga50KEZCHd0sclc5Hbxhyh0GwfmQCLcBGAs/s1600/jumpsuit3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fUrFN3ur99w/W_Cqw2Wx5HI/AAAAAAAAWiM/Epp1Qga50KEZCHd0sclc5Hbxhyh0GwfmQCLcBGAs/s1600/jumpsuit3.png" width="635" /></a></div>The difference to the original jumpsuit turned out to perhpaps be the over-all feel - while this fabric is better and sturdier, it does not drape, or rather hang, as well as I thought it would. (Making a fitted dress or a short-legged romper version out of this material might have been the optional use.)&nbsp; It did turn out quite nice in any case although it is not a straight copy of the old one, but it is just as comfy! And that's the big deal here.<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-57926224140023182782018-11-13T01:51:00.000+02:002018-11-13T01:52:00.645+02:00THE ATELIERI O.HAAPALA BOOK<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewnCpOcgIrA/W-oHF498zVI/AAAAAAAAWgo/WltbxkkthTMqL7Whg95N6h_9_-Tzxfs7gCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewnCpOcgIrA/W-oHF498zVI/AAAAAAAAWgo/WltbxkkthTMqL7Whg95N6h_9_-Tzxfs7gCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri1.png" width="635" /></a></div>The crowd-funded <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/search/label/Atelieri%20O.Haapala" target="_blank">Atelieri O.Haapala</a> book is finally here and it is so beautiful I almost want to cry!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFUdG9TKxCA/W-oHFnD0RDI/AAAAAAAAWgk/9bCZ4hmMgjMcnVsB4nMQB0mq0w0K9t-gwCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFUdG9TKxCA/W-oHFnD0RDI/AAAAAAAAWgk/9bCZ4hmMgjMcnVsB4nMQB0mq0w0K9t-gwCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri2.png" width="635" /></a></div>The bi-lingual book -the texts are both in Finnish and English- features the studio's portraits and distinctive style of photography from the last decade (the studio/project was active 2008-2016 and produced more than 7000 portraits),&nbsp; taking you on a journey trough an imaginary past:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UMEAueb1Xqw/W-oL0EcevKI/AAAAAAAAWg8/MKKPlQrizQgqPRJTRh5ABNHUyWY4avfrgCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UMEAueb1Xqw/W-oL0EcevKI/AAAAAAAAWg8/MKKPlQrizQgqPRJTRh5ABNHUyWY4avfrgCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri3.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-USEQxSaLve4/W-oL0JELMSI/AAAAAAAAWhA/gk99M7RZMOwuBse4Tqug8Sy3pI6SO0aXwCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-USEQxSaLve4/W-oL0JELMSI/AAAAAAAAWhA/gk99M7RZMOwuBse4Tqug8Sy3pI6SO0aXwCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri4.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-elrtnyW6E1M/W-oLz0RnJTI/AAAAAAAAWg4/KifPBjv9ySMJYRgLmVwcgKXWRKcy_e1xACLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-elrtnyW6E1M/W-oLz0RnJTI/AAAAAAAAWg4/KifPBjv9ySMJYRgLmVwcgKXWRKcy_e1xACLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri5.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L9qaYOpNw6E/W-oL3yxjq1I/AAAAAAAAWhE/JJdqtjCGljIg4w2CMKn0MzVGD2tRArLAACLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L9qaYOpNw6E/W-oL3yxjq1I/AAAAAAAAWhE/JJdqtjCGljIg4w2CMKn0MzVGD2tRArLAACLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri6.png" width="635" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddaVF2ePaH0/W-oL7tC7n_I/AAAAAAAAWhM/9iH-O_HjYXkXF8Tuv0vmeGchWau42T0xwCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddaVF2ePaH0/W-oL7tC7n_I/AAAAAAAAWhM/9iH-O_HjYXkXF8Tuv0vmeGchWau42T0xwCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri9.png" width="635" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gP4ysBTBR1c/W-oL4erTMPI/AAAAAAAAWhI/rI5WAYRC6V4sWX98Fo0yjnWSevU_RPxBACLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gP4ysBTBR1c/W-oL4erTMPI/AAAAAAAAWhI/rI5WAYRC6V4sWX98Fo0yjnWSevU_RPxBACLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri7.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Performers, artists, family portraits, guests at events who photographed themselves in the popup photo booth, as well as some of the studio's own project series and adventure scenarios...</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dS_M6QuzqOw/W-oMoXevSiI/AAAAAAAAWhk/xkM57Xc-r6c3bFHHIzpJbNmPgAmaXZdcQCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dS_M6QuzqOw/W-oMoXevSiI/AAAAAAAAWhk/xkM57Xc-r6c3bFHHIzpJbNmPgAmaXZdcQCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri8.png" width="635" /></a></div>...not to forget a few of Saara and Marcos, the photographers', most iconic theme-looks!<br /><br />But apart from being a book with hundreds of beautiful creative images to aesthetically enjoy, this work functions as quite the emotional nostalgia pack for me, being filled with amazing people, dear friends, and oh-so many memories.<br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dtan8PoFKQ8/W-oMoOpXCqI/AAAAAAAAWhg/INd0CwZBaAc7rrEQCUOiQpBbMCkhyxU-QCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dtan8PoFKQ8/W-oMoOpXCqI/AAAAAAAAWhg/INd0CwZBaAc7rrEQCUOiQpBbMCkhyxU-QCLcBGAs/s1600/atelieri10.png" width="635" /></a><br /><br />The Atelieri O.Haapala book is a superb coffee table book and will most definitely make a great Christmas present! Get your own book <a href="http://www.ohaapala.com/shop" target="_blank">via their website.</a><br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-84266580346523297912018-11-05T00:40:00.000+02:002018-11-05T00:40:14.306+02:00FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW: SUNDAY EVENING<br />Sunday evening moments -<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7KE-ixAi6RI/W99zIe7_zgI/AAAAAAAAWf0/03UBB2AkyJU_mZzqRXAY2N4JSQ-o1hcbQCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7KE-ixAi6RI/W99zIe7_zgI/AAAAAAAAWf0/03UBB2AkyJU_mZzqRXAY2N4JSQ-o1hcbQCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday1.png" width="635" /></a></div>Corrected a final seam to a jumpsuit I sew myself last night and intend to wear to the very last filming of Vintage Valtakunta season 2 tomorrow.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnL4JZX30sA/W99zIPUVd6I/AAAAAAAAWfw/hw1VIcN_h2g3M5A6n65qn6_0jUXTumS6gCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnL4JZX30sA/W99zIPUVd6I/AAAAAAAAWfw/hw1VIcN_h2g3M5A6n65qn6_0jUXTumS6gCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday2.png" width="635" /></a></div>I also sew Dag a plush seal. It was the first plush toy I ever made. Dag has this new phase where ninjas have had to move over for seals! It's drawing seals x100 and facts and pics and videos about seals all the time.&nbsp; He had even made me adorable instructions on how to make hime the seal.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-psaxkN670is/W99zI175sMI/AAAAAAAAWf4/QSOEDFwguqk6puURE220ZTwfGL3gp5CXwCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-psaxkN670is/W99zI175sMI/AAAAAAAAWf4/QSOEDFwguqk6puURE220ZTwfGL3gp5CXwCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday3.png" width="635" /></a></div>Now it's hair colour time - roots and ends! I always mix a lot of different hair colours to maintain my hue, but the colour I've used for my roots for the past year and a half is Shcwarzkopf Live in the 'cool rose' shade.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GQUjSDXqIuw/W99zLEjK9pI/AAAAAAAAWf8/u3_HVTYbAxgy8yi6xMGZxeDV9ctHJSqugCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GQUjSDXqIuw/W99zLEjK9pI/AAAAAAAAWf8/u3_HVTYbAxgy8yi6xMGZxeDV9ctHJSqugCLcBGAs/s1600/sunday4.png" width="635" /></a></div>And I intend to enjoy some tea, peanut butter-banana sandwhices and reading about space while the chemicals do their thing.<br /><br />How was your first November Sunday?<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-83564152826376162992018-10-23T17:00:00.000+03:002018-10-23T17:00:03.238+03:00APPLES & GINGER<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9upizOIfjiQ/W8tz7Jk9FpI/AAAAAAAAWfA/5XZnOk7SK38yQvhlYMJ-75ttic0TfxF3QCLcBGAs/s1600/mash2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="985" height="426" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9upizOIfjiQ/W8tz7Jk9FpI/AAAAAAAAWfA/5XZnOk7SK38yQvhlYMJ-75ttic0TfxF3QCLcBGAs/s640/mash2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Do you still have apples from this fall? One of my favourite things to make of autumn apples is apple mash with ginger!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5VTZMe4BPAE/W8tz4wVZF4I/AAAAAAAAWe4/F9uJ2bAQpYwnkRlG5pHukU2XhdoWfM0qACLcBGAs/s1600/mash1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="985" height="426" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5VTZMe4BPAE/W8tz4wVZF4I/AAAAAAAAWe4/F9uJ2bAQpYwnkRlG5pHukU2XhdoWfM0qACLcBGAs/s640/mash1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1i5ZfnyiqR0/W8tz5-88D_I/AAAAAAAAWe8/Pp6BjecutBU2NCe2aLhQx_xyWWHYPZNeACLcBGAs/s1600/mash3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="985" height="426" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1i5ZfnyiqR0/W8tz5-88D_I/AAAAAAAAWe8/Pp6BjecutBU2NCe2aLhQx_xyWWHYPZNeACLcBGAs/s640/mash3.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Apple mash is what we usually cook of apples around here; as in smoother than jam with bits and looser than a hard marmalade.&nbsp;</div><br />I usually make one jar spiced with vanilla as well, but the ginger version is my favourite -just grate a little chunk of peeled organic ginger at the end of cooking the mash and enjoy a spicy treat that goes well as a jam on pancakes, porridge and peanutbutter sandwhiches (especially!) but due to it's taste also is a great add to salty foods like grilled tofu or meat.<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-17591430958037680132018-10-20T20:49:00.000+03:002018-10-20T20:49:19.568+03:00PLUM, DARK BLUE, AND ALL THE COLOURS OF AUTUMN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IrmZDmEJyXM/W8tiinEYcYI/AAAAAAAAWeI/E5MdX17Kig0RHQFS-POwid96qbJBZ0h-wCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IrmZDmEJyXM/W8tiinEYcYI/AAAAAAAAWeI/E5MdX17Kig0RHQFS-POwid96qbJBZ0h-wCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight1.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">You've seen me talk about it trough the years - my love for autumn. I do enjoy all seasons (except perhaps for spring, as spring in Finland often turns out rather not only short but non-existent; two months of disappointment. Sadly), but while I always long for a short (hah!) snowy winter and feel most alive during summer autumn still turns out to be my favourite time of year. And this year it has been magical! Like you would have wanted to walk around with your mouth open all the time and just do a constant 'Wow!'.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DlvYd2aJJyw/W8tipf7bDjI/AAAAAAAAWeQ/4xmKixUuR5UB4OlZHqUA_4IbgnBxAwF5ACLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DlvYd2aJJyw/W8tipf7bDjI/AAAAAAAAWeQ/4xmKixUuR5UB4OlZHqUA_4IbgnBxAwF5ACLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight4.png" width="635" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imcYPl-R_20/W8tio2qWkPI/AAAAAAAAWeM/3vqugloyqXcWV3SBDNNlL8FuuIpHsKblQCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imcYPl-R_20/W8tio2qWkPI/AAAAAAAAWeM/3vqugloyqXcWV3SBDNNlL8FuuIpHsKblQCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight5.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3qx-wY6eHQ/W8tigzmuirI/AAAAAAAAWeA/GEiBxm46OWwGEn3oXZXbtycrOBY5dh22wCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3qx-wY6eHQ/W8tigzmuirI/AAAAAAAAWeA/GEiBxm46OWwGEn3oXZXbtycrOBY5dh22wCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight3.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww4Y5w_YcRU/W8tlsfQZdxI/AAAAAAAAWeg/k5Qm-xKiZrgeETTJd8AJmhaKTDY3OizrACLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww4Y5w_YcRU/W8tlsfQZdxI/AAAAAAAAWeg/k5Qm-xKiZrgeETTJd8AJmhaKTDY3OizrACLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight6.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ah, the light, and all the colours!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RiUjLemdJ64/W8tih_I4qqI/AAAAAAAAWeE/B2KkbwJc4KklfG0ej7ISlDWHsAMAyBaVgCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RiUjLemdJ64/W8tih_I4qqI/AAAAAAAAWeE/B2KkbwJc4KklfG0ej7ISlDWHsAMAyBaVgCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight2.png" width="635" /></a></div>My colours for this autumn turns out to be plum and dark blue. And all things checked and plaid, as usual.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_7lOuyQvOAo/W8toTbdirMI/AAAAAAAAWes/afzypV3utFIRgAo9Me2UkH8UesWJ7IDZQCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_7lOuyQvOAo/W8toTbdirMI/AAAAAAAAWes/afzypV3utFIRgAo9Me2UkH8UesWJ7IDZQCLcBGAs/s1600/sunlight7.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But the bye-bye to all of this this is around the corner; the inevitable will soon come – no more light, no more colours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a good thing we have candles, fairy lights and red wine to battle the Mordor-months with! Bring it on!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-24059566230378804252018-10-09T14:52:00.000+03:002018-10-09T14:52:10.482+03:00COLOURS AND FROST<br />Today it's the gloomy Halloweenish weather one would expect with mid-October approaching (already! What? How?), but yesterday we woke up to a breathtaking colourful frosty sunrise that I even tossed out barefoot for to try and catch with my phone -<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bjp3io3eizs/W7yRnsRWd9I/AAAAAAAAWdQ/hIyfShrAt8o1yrzqLfF1lZvs-QzplLc4gCLcBGAs/s1600/morning1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1080" height="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bjp3io3eizs/W7yRnsRWd9I/AAAAAAAAWdQ/hIyfShrAt8o1yrzqLfF1lZvs-QzplLc4gCLcBGAs/s640/morning1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The view to the south is often like a painting. This is also the bathroom view, and one day eventually the view from <a href="http://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/2014/05/in-brown-room.html" target="_blank">the study-to-be; the brown room</a> which for the moment is just (you guessed it): boxes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HjyDeTq8f9I/W7yRoAyFrJI/AAAAAAAAWdU/0xsiduvui4QTZVx9nNuA5hGIcbAb2H7DgCLcBGAs/s1600/morning2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1080" height="442" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HjyDeTq8f9I/W7yRoAyFrJI/AAAAAAAAWdU/0xsiduvui4QTZVx9nNuA5hGIcbAb2H7DgCLcBGAs/s640/morning2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Colourful trees to the west! And the old barn of the farm peeking from behind them.<br />The study will be the only room in the house, apart from the living room, with windows in two directions. That actually makes it the nicest room in the house. This, plus an apple tree in the front, would be the view from the second window.<br /><br /><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mh5rowpPcO4/W7yRpQjytII/AAAAAAAAWdc/xVjSCislcqszotoyQej9KbehvT2cYofdACLcBGAs/s1600/morning4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1080" height="460" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mh5rowpPcO4/W7yRpQjytII/AAAAAAAAWdc/xVjSCislcqszotoyQej9KbehvT2cYofdACLcBGAs/s640/morning4.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Amazing colours to the north!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xCvPCY5pgRg/W7yRoRvXzgI/AAAAAAAAWdY/04sxc7l7Zm0HiXm2uSvvVY8rm2i4CvyJwCLcBGAs/s1600/morning3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1080" height="420" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xCvPCY5pgRg/W7yRoRvXzgI/AAAAAAAAWdY/04sxc7l7Zm0HiXm2uSvvVY8rm2i4CvyJwCLcBGAs/s640/morning3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And the rising sun in the east.<br /><br />I really love crips autumn mornings like this, when the air is fresh and cold and the light makes everything magic.&nbsp; But give it a month and we will be up earlier than the sun, wake up to dark mornings, when the universe evens out all those light days we got during summer...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-58282416203910597692018-10-06T22:00:00.001+03:002018-10-06T22:03:48.311+03:00THE SEASON(S) APPROACHING...<br />Let me first start this by saying that I am definitely and foremost waiting for Halloween (and now that the second week of October is about to start I consider Halloween-season here!).<br /><br />But.<br /><br />While it is as little as 80 days until Christmas (!!!),&nbsp; it is only 56 until <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1114057758758752/" target="_blank">our yearly Christmas show</a>, which this year will kick off the whole festive season:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UvnIk3Om2Yc/W7kCEEkfUzI/AAAAAAAAWcw/vy_2D1XPwJY8oPQ5elxtcNT53wgFbz2HACLcBGAs/s1600/mistle18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1185" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UvnIk3Om2Yc/W7kCEEkfUzI/AAAAAAAAWcw/vy_2D1XPwJY8oPQ5elxtcNT53wgFbz2HACLcBGAs/s1600/mistle18.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">This year we are celebrating at our Rubies-Klubit burlesque club's home venue Sture 21.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tickets are on sale now; <a href="https://holvi.com/shop/studioshangrila/product/117ef048d6733d1fe43e2a33ebcc60ef/" target="_blank">get them in time as they tend to sell out</a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poster by me, as usual.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ps. and first Halloween, yes. Catch me at these Halloween events: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/248685462384514/" target="_blank">Horror &amp; Tease</a> in Tampere Oct.13 and our very own <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/669455540095242/" target="_blank">Rubies Klubit: Demoniklubi</a> on Oct.27!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-52119679789992577192018-09-28T01:54:00.000+03:002018-10-06T22:26:58.929+03:00OCHRE AND WINE RED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YoILT7mr_uk/W7kMN32GrjI/AAAAAAAAWdA/gqG2aRQfbZYvJc8TteIT4ZEGnG6JrM6gACLcBGAs/s1600/yellow1_asko.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YoILT7mr_uk/W7kMN32GrjI/AAAAAAAAWdA/gqG2aRQfbZYvJc8TteIT4ZEGnG6JrM6gACLcBGAs/s1600/yellow1_asko.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last spring before I went to France I quickly made this yellow ochre-coloured A-line skirt (like, the actual night before, because that is what insane people like me do in order to maintain a maximum stress level). I had had the fabric waiting in my to-do pile of fabrics for a few of years already and decided it would make a great and comfy travel skirt. With large pockets, of course.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ea7354Hx1Xc/W7kMMFczGQI/AAAAAAAAWc8/1g-oLVurKA4syVW7pIGGYwB3Nw2vkaypwCLcBGAs/s1600/yellow_asko.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ea7354Hx1Xc/W7kMMFczGQI/AAAAAAAAWc8/1g-oLVurKA4syVW7pIGGYwB3Nw2vkaypwCLcBGAs/s1600/yellow_asko.png" width="635" /></a></div>Skirt-show-off walking, as one does.<br />Dark yellow is a strangely versatile colour that pairs well with many others, and I especially like it with wine red. Maximising the level of autumn-points.<br /><br />Photos by my friend Asko Rantanen / <a href="https://www.askojonathan.com/" target="_blank">Asko Jonathan Photography</a>&nbsp;who takes amazingly creative pictures.<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-11968733130108161272018-09-24T13:52:00.000+03:002018-11-18T11:48:02.846+02:00LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvWE1aFWcpU/W6i9SFqZ4OI/AAAAAAAAWcA/lNzzs3t8zIg1euY7Iagg0KmQYHxFzsl4ACLcBGAs/s1600/TUrrrboCherry_moon4_NeilKendall_webres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvWE1aFWcpU/W6i9SFqZ4OI/AAAAAAAAWcA/lNzzs3t8zIg1euY7Iagg0KmQYHxFzsl4ACLcBGAs/s1600/TUrrrboCherry_moon4_NeilKendall_webres.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Photo: Neil Kendall</i></div><br />It will be a full moon tonight and if the sky is clear I know I will most likely be woken up by it, as it stares straight into my window around 3am with a light strong enough to penetrate my sleep. But I still don't want to close the curtains because there is just something about being woken up by a bright full moon, so I most often tend to stare back at it for a while and ponder the universe.<br /><br />So in honour of that I'll post a picture from a photo series inspired by Méliès 1902 film&nbsp;<i>La Voyage Dans La Lune – </i>taken<i>&nbsp;</i>at the end of this summer, when I had the chance to shoot with amazing vintage style photographer Neil Kendall in Chester and I got to be the first one to try out his new moon set!<br /><br />Not to be shared without proper credits.<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-38843338188220249432018-09-14T19:24:00.002+03:002018-09-14T19:30:07.784+03:00THE LIVING ROOM<br />We finally have a living room!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WwHur7VG6-o/W5vSGfk0vWI/AAAAAAAAWa0/jGhSE3FU_ncCsBeW38hVLJvgPlGCNavWwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WwHur7VG6-o/W5vSGfk0vWI/AAAAAAAAWa0/jGhSE3FU_ncCsBeW38hVLJvgPlGCNavWwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom4.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes, there has always been <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-farm-house-livingroom-as-it-is-now.html">a living room downstairs</a>, but that room <i>still</i> has boxes and extra furniture from our&nbsp;<a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/search/label/city%20home">former city flat</a>&nbsp;everywhere, that have been waiting for the renovation to progress so they can be taken into use and the downstairs one glorious day be emptied up of extras. A day which is very much closer now than a few months ago. (Insert big choir underneath my window singing Hallelujah! the Bach way here.)&nbsp; We had basically been hanging out in the kitchen for the past two years while first fixing up the <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/2018/04/dags-room.html">boys' rooms</a>, and this summer we finally got the upstairs hallways turned into a hang-out space.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The hallways was always ugly, unpractical, and tended to collect junk. There are no proper before's of that exact reason. A long time ago when I first came here it made you feel like a tiny hotdog in a bun as one wall was ketchup red and the other mustard yellow. Eventually we coloured the walls white as a quick fix. The ceiling was this strange plastic-cardboard-probably-very-great-in-the-eighties-material. Here are some of last summer's progress:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BVfKKvOxIqc/W5vS2URnKcI/AAAAAAAAWbg/VKSwlAduq2kwZ7ips2Szh5BFzddVW3-tQCLcBGAs/s1600/renovation.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="740" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BVfKKvOxIqc/W5vS2URnKcI/AAAAAAAAWbg/VKSwlAduq2kwZ7ips2Szh5BFzddVW3-tQCLcBGAs/s1600/renovation.png" width="635" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5fZZtXc1jFw/W5vRLPrhazI/AAAAAAAAWaM/Fa2PLY3lIVYg5kfirZvHZQ6REEH23KZlgCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1600" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5fZZtXc1jFw/W5vRLPrhazI/AAAAAAAAWaM/Fa2PLY3lIVYg5kfirZvHZQ6REEH23KZlgCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom11.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">New ceiling and new walls. I wanted an apricot-y shade on the walls; this is Riviera by Tikkurila. The hardwood floor was in good condition but not nice per se, so it stayed but changed it's looks with paint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNedOglhP-4/W5vSW2uY8HI/AAAAAAAAWbA/3F4n48pMn5I-pLF8bdK-QC4afyGsgFUtgCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNedOglhP-4/W5vSW2uY8HI/AAAAAAAAWbA/3F4n48pMn5I-pLF8bdK-QC4afyGsgFUtgCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom7.png" width="635" /></a></div></div>Eddi hand-painted the checks on the floors. The same as <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-hallway.html">the downstairs hallway, from where the stairs lead right up to here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A lot of things are from our old Tapiola-living room -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-grQiPD3Xsw0/W5vRHoZwtyI/AAAAAAAAWaI/Hfsjm4MVwtQ6aiIwySxzXay4vAztb_elgCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-grQiPD3Xsw0/W5vRHoZwtyI/AAAAAAAAWaI/Hfsjm4MVwtQ6aiIwySxzXay4vAztb_elgCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom1.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eOdx8E6MVIM/W5vSNEKZJJI/AAAAAAAAWa8/of7Hudw8D7s7U_bJNn2NdWxyz8RcljmZACLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eOdx8E6MVIM/W5vSNEKZJJI/AAAAAAAAWa8/of7Hudw8D7s7U_bJNn2NdWxyz8RcljmZACLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom6.png" width="635" /></a><br /><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UkiLhLGP5HA/W5vSjmZv6bI/AAAAAAAAWbU/tDoXpCgGhVI45l59ElhMBfMfq2HiEhnBACLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UkiLhLGP5HA/W5vSjmZv6bI/AAAAAAAAWbU/tDoXpCgGhVI45l59ElhMBfMfq2HiEhnBACLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom8.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">(The cats have totally destroyed those red chairs btw. Anyone know of a good upholsterer?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I07L6rtmyiE/W5vRheTnqlI/AAAAAAAAWag/T6Q5joAHCkA6GHjN60lvaLGcR7LLuHYrQCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I07L6rtmyiE/W5vRheTnqlI/AAAAAAAAWag/T6Q5joAHCkA6GHjN60lvaLGcR7LLuHYrQCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom12.png" width="635" /></a></div>But some found their way from other rooms, or are in one way or another new - <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.com/2013/06/be-seated.html">my old movie theatre chairs</a> that had been waiting on the front porch for, umm, five years or so finally made their way up to be put into use! Scraped a lot of old hard bubblegum off underneath those (yuck!)... We also have a tv for the first time in years<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lfjx_DHAyEo/W5vRLCHEcmI/AAAAAAAAWaQ/KNP714PV64AlkkBKRAerhZgv_fD6aZh-ACLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lfjx_DHAyEo/W5vRLCHEcmI/AAAAAAAAWaQ/KNP714PV64AlkkBKRAerhZgv_fD6aZh-ACLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom10.png" width="635" /></a></div>The lithography is from my late grandmother's home. She got it as a gift from a lady she had helped during ww2. I always liked the colours in it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDAyCYDtZDo/W5vSjTTdTJI/AAAAAAAAWbQ/2KprRAySYcAdQQrEMkz90AyN_RXd-OsfwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDAyCYDtZDo/W5vSjTTdTJI/AAAAAAAAWbQ/2KprRAySYcAdQQrEMkz90AyN_RXd-OsfwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom9.png" width="635" /></a></div>Haha these vases were waiting for the living room to happen, collecting dust in our bedroom forever. Eddi got me the blue-and-white one from a job trip to South Africa and I thought it was a bit ugly until I got the two small other mid-century vases from my grandmother's home when we had to empty it, and I thought of pairing them together.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mfahZhcWIjA/W5vRo9EUGWI/AAAAAAAAWao/c5TOBIh-u8w4MB1_vdboQkT3bw9VF7QhwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mfahZhcWIjA/W5vRo9EUGWI/AAAAAAAAWao/c5TOBIh-u8w4MB1_vdboQkT3bw9VF7QhwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom2.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Helsinki-poster by my graphic design idol Eric Bruun hangs here now as a nod to what I still consider "my" town, next to a map-poster of where we now live (the village of Vassböle), that&nbsp; my sister gave us some Christmases ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3auPIaSjaxg/W5vSKf1bRWI/AAAAAAAAWa4/Ur67aLCVIYMaV1x-uvH3DHKXSE7681UjwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3auPIaSjaxg/W5vSKf1bRWI/AAAAAAAAWa4/Ur67aLCVIYMaV1x-uvH3DHKXSE7681UjwCLcBGAs/s1600/livingroom5.png" width="635" /></a></div>Nothing is ever really ready though. Doors are missing, books need to be taken out of boxes and arranged and the bedroom corridor still needs a new ceiling and walls and and and...<br /><br />(And now we have no front door because the front porch is being renewed. But that is another story. <i>Right now</i>&nbsp;however I intend to hang out with Netflix on a bigger and comfier screen than the usual laptop-in-lap. Netflix, theatre chairs and red wine it is!)<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-30088530484978569222018-08-13T12:12:00.001+03:002018-08-13T12:12:13.397+03:00SUMMER 2018<br />Summer 2018! And what a summer it has been!<br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xn34VP30gYE/W3CoFx-KifI/AAAAAAAAWZI/q0PDN5YOVjMioAA73R-qofzjFwuV5nZGACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xn34VP30gYE/W3CoFx-KifI/AAAAAAAAWZI/q0PDN5YOVjMioAA73R-qofzjFwuV5nZGACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG" width="190" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dosSTUMcuhU/W3ClzJOAl9I/AAAAAAAAWYU/itmmBefd2gMewn-f3PosppWTOkLPJ4jJwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dosSTUMcuhU/W3ClzJOAl9I/AAAAAAAAWYU/itmmBefd2gMewn-f3PosppWTOkLPJ4jJwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6371.jpg" width="190" />&nbsp; &nbsp;</a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hntGQgVQf4Y/W3ClwTEe2qI/AAAAAAAAWYE/rdD-j7JcBJgrRtI-aGb_a7XBWE1W2y9hgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_5381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="190" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hntGQgVQf4Y/W3ClwTEe2qI/AAAAAAAAWYE/rdD-j7JcBJgrRtI-aGb_a7XBWE1W2y9hgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_5381.jpg" width="190" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dpol6STUL5Y/W3Clw6dp97I/AAAAAAAAWYI/2MH3oMCPNwc8M9tC7fknOFb0bM8IZ-AJQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_5833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="190" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dpol6STUL5Y/W3Clw6dp97I/AAAAAAAAWYI/2MH3oMCPNwc8M9tC7fknOFb0bM8IZ-AJQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_5833.jpg" width="190" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4F2CXe63QLg/W3ClvXpfDHI/AAAAAAAAWYA/B5o71fv8NWQmBwTBO2cRjo8psz7A9CiCwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0318.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="190" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7iecnoLd_Q/W3ClxK7BQII/AAAAAAAAWYM/GEoP147Mvs8_De1bq8CvbfSX95C1Ik9WACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7iecnoLd_Q/W3ClxK7BQII/AAAAAAAAWYM/GEoP147Mvs8_De1bq8CvbfSX95C1Ik9WACLcBGAs/s160/IMG_0783.jpg" width="190" /></a><br /><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1600" height="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wWyYlKKOt3w/W3Cl8eROkZI/AAAAAAAAWY8/mDtGwazMvZQzRyqQ0iUTLOa44BiFx8TvwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-08-12%2Bat%2B23.53.04.png" width="190" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pnddPDxzeVQ/W3Clz959ZHI/AAAAAAAAWYY/7UARUOr7Qis1KRD5MTDEC2dCA_QBXX4tgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pnddPDxzeVQ/W3Clz959ZHI/AAAAAAAAWYY/7UARUOr7Qis1KRD5MTDEC2dCA_QBXX4tgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6813.jpg" width="190" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WNrpy_Sc8qU/W3CluwQ76bI/AAAAAAAAWYw/9F34jhDAZl4k0IAimIJKyHE9PrRXJmRIwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="190" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WNrpy_Sc8qU/W3CluwQ76bI/AAAAAAAAWYw/9F34jhDAZl4k0IAimIJKyHE9PrRXJmRIwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0154.jpg" width="190" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Never before has it been this warm - hot and sunny since May, and such weather for over a month that even a +25c felt like "oh, it's a abit colder today". It has been like the summers of my childhood, warm and sunny forever! But whereas those memories are, if not sugar coated but rather sun-coated, this summer has actually been the warmest ever recorded with around +30c daily.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not that is is over quite yet, but school started today, and just as the summers of childhood ended as school begun, it still does so today; on a mental level at least. While the weather has had it's downsides (drought, bad crops, perhaps a sign of an alarming change to come) and not everyone enjoys the heat I however bask in it. I said a big F to gardening this year, and haven't thus even felt bad for dead flowers and cherryless trees, but took had the opportunity to spend en exceptional large amount of time with family, visit my close-to heart summer places as well as had a fabulous trip to Italy, while still managing to squeeze in some work in a not-too-stressful way. </div><div><br /></div><div>My pocket calendar is of such kind that it begins in August en ends at some point of the summer, and I also tend to think the year along the schedules of school and also the studio's school year, which means we are soon in for a new one. There is lots in store for autumn on different fronts, and lets see if I manage to make some of them appear here as well!</div><div> </div><div>Hope you all have enjoyed a wonderful summer, and lets hope the last weeks of it, whatever may have been the case, will be just as good or even better!</div></div><div><br /></div>The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-68928966354996354682018-06-25T11:30:00.000+03:002018-06-25T11:30:08.617+03:00AND RIVIERA IT WASThis is the best part of the renovation!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MmGuu2_G9A/WymE2j3ML1I/AAAAAAAAWWU/1R7ARvc08KoLE4azIH0ulPSkF5628FWsQCLcBGAs/s1600/renovation.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MmGuu2_G9A/WymE2j3ML1I/AAAAAAAAWWU/1R7ARvc08KoLE4azIH0ulPSkF5628FWsQCLcBGAs/s1600/renovation.png" width="635" /></a></div><br />Choosing colours and getting to paint.<br />(or ok, second best, after actually being done. or maybe third, because getting to bring the stuff in and decorate is pretty close to being a winner as well...)<br /><br />Also, note: nice floor. Handpainted by mister Eddi again, like he did downstairs.<br /><br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-33485240228458591382018-06-23T15:30:00.000+03:002018-07-01T22:27:58.353+03:00MUSHROOMS AND COFFEE<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nrhjpkZe6ps/WymGhznecyI/AAAAAAAAWWg/9tQviTL_vBgsqy0dTnja-b77mN2TfOZ7QCLcBGAs/s1600/mushroompasta.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1200" height="405" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nrhjpkZe6ps/WymGhznecyI/AAAAAAAAWWg/9tQviTL_vBgsqy0dTnja-b77mN2TfOZ7QCLcBGAs/s1600/mushroompasta.png" width="635" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Buongiorno! I am still in Italy and hopefully eating some nice pasta or gelato (not <i>or</i>! AND) plus enjoying myself some wine. Meanwhile, for the rest of you, we have a throwback to a creamy mushroom pasta I did some time ago with walnuts and chive from the back porch.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The chives were from the back porch that is. The walnuts were from Lidl. (The mushrooms however were almost from the back porch as well; porcinis my father-in-law picked last autumn.)&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend Dixie who has worked in many restaurants before gave me the advice to add a little bit of coffee to a mushroom sauce to bring out their taste and so I did, and so it did as well. Try it!</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Otherwise this one took cream (I use oat cream), salt and pepper and garlic.&nbsp;</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-66351330424310266762018-06-20T02:05:00.003+03:002018-06-20T02:13:33.678+03:00ITALY!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-evcv4n8jlZ8/WymLKuT2juI/AAAAAAAAWWs/e2AnKWkufIstAkVzwxczeMGCbUt1k1IJACLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-06-20%2Bat%2B1.57.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="856" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-evcv4n8jlZ8/WymLKuT2juI/AAAAAAAAWWs/e2AnKWkufIstAkVzwxczeMGCbUt1k1IJACLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-06-20%2Bat%2B1.57.31.png" width="500" /></a></div>Hello! Even though it may not always seem like it, I <i>am still here!</i>&nbsp;At least for the joy of all of those marketing SEO- and escort services, who I know from the comments are the ones that for sure still visit ("visit") my blog.<br />But this is however a quick one, because now I am off to Italy to enjoy myself! But I did manage to schedule a couple of small posts so the spambots have something to dig in to.<br /><br />Happy midsummer!<br />(...and for all the Finns, the greeting you have to add to this holiday: take it easy and be safe!)<br /><br />Vintage travel poster by from ze interwebs - the artist&nbsp; is Mario Puppo, who did a lot of travel posters in the mid 1900s.<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-4296844808960453762018-05-28T15:38:00.004+03:002018-05-28T15:38:39.218+03:00SUMMER CELEBRATIONS: THE SHANGRI-LA SUMMER SHOW JUNE 8!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6hoLE-QX27o/WwvkDs0xWYI/AAAAAAAAWVo/3tZf0lTVPsgbw7IyFpG8yMJ0b_Sv-L3qACLcBGAs/s1600/shangriasummershow2018_1200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6hoLE-QX27o/WwvkDs0xWYI/AAAAAAAAWVo/3tZf0lTVPsgbw7IyFpG8yMJ0b_Sv-L3qACLcBGAs/s1600/shangriasummershow2018_1200px.jpg" width="635" /></a></div>If you want more sparkle in your life, and even if you don't, but just want to have fun and be entertained, come watch our studio's Summer Show Friday June 8th at Sture 21!<br />Coming to a show is always a win-win -&nbsp; you have a great time and help put bread on the performers' tables. Plus get your daily/weekly/monhtly dose of sparkle and (biogradable) glitter.<br /><br />It is already the 5th summer show we organize, and as usual we feature both students and teachers as well as resident Shangri-La performers. And a lot of other fun stuff! It's a bigger show than our regular clubs, and we turn the madness down a little bit (just a little) when hosting.<br /><br />Find out more on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/165852434113780/" target="_blank">event page</a>, and get your tickets from our webshop here: <a href="https://holvi.com/shop/studioshangrila/product/8c99ae17c991afbdb9177e212954a050/" target="_blank">Summer Show tickets</a>.<br /><br />Also, a small reminder that I have created a discount code for my blog readers to our studio which gives -15% off pretty much everything - also summer show tickets! We have several summer classes and courses coming up in June as well so have a look at our studio's <a href="http://studioshangrila.fi/fi/" target="_blank">webpage</a> (still only in Finnish I am afraid, although we do teach some classes in a multilingual style Finnish-English-Swedish).<br /><br />The special only-for-you-discount to our webshop is FREELANCERS15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-88906830516117360462018-05-27T20:31:00.000+03:002018-05-27T23:23:33.784+03:00520 SUNDAYSConsidering how rather unstructured my day-to-day life's routines are, as in not-really-there and lets-see-what-happens-next-week-in-life, and supposing it is not the first impression I tend to give, I am actually rather un-enthusiastic about change.&nbsp; It's not that I am reluctant to change, just lazy about it. Mainly small everyday bits, perhaps as a balance to even out the lack of certain routines and certanties. When the big thing is messy and loose around the edges, keep the smaller things intact.<br />Like tending to stick to one and the same lipstick or nepalese dish or handbag once noticed that it works. (I'd probably always do the same nails too if I would not force myself to get a bit creative there.) You know - if it ain't broken, don't fix it.<br /><br />And thus I have been adding to the same playlist for ten years.&nbsp;<i>Ten years</i> folks!<br />That is some 520 and Sundays! It is weird how time flies, isn't it.<br /><br />But that is because it is the best playlist for soft and mellow, daydream-filled Sundays there is:<br /><a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/turrrbocherry/playlist/2w0u9GU81Ff6DJpKdNs1RQ?si=qgsJMFGxRHaLNPiE0kWlIA" target="_blank">Soft Sunday.</a><br />With some 11 hours of music I usually tend to listen only to parts of it; often the latest ones that I felt like adding now, or a section that reminds me of a summer a few years ago for example. Sometimes I think about taking some song from that list away, but then I don't because they all had a reason to be added back when they were. And I just can't make a new similar list, nope, that would be cheating.<br /><br />Here's the latest addition to the list, a video that I really liked back when it came out, but then forgot about, and that fit the mood and Sunday-test today:<br /><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="356" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hi4pzKvuEQM?rel=0" width="635"></iframe><br /><br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-40199445531944369282018-05-26T23:17:00.000+03:002018-05-26T23:17:16.799+03:00FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW - AND SO IT WAS SUMMER<br />When it gets warm, and like now, when it STAYS warm, I keep on being amazed by how pleasant it feels. And by how light is is. You forget that during the darker months. Every time. The air feels nice and smooth and everything is green and growing and I am hoping it will stay like this until September (instead of waiting trough those short summer months of almost-there disappointments forcing you to pack a jacket with you wherever you go, like the two last summers turned out. Weather - we are at it here again...).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xsSLckVBWl0/WwnAGKgU-zI/AAAAAAAAWVU/L7suq3SCmVwfFjjQtPWM99MNrGoE9sVgwCLcBGAs/s1600/summer_in_may.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xsSLckVBWl0/WwnAGKgU-zI/AAAAAAAAWVU/L7suq3SCmVwfFjjQtPWM99MNrGoE9sVgwCLcBGAs/s1600/summer_in_may.png" width="635" /></a></div>Everything is green and blooming here now.&nbsp; I think it has never been this warm in May for such a long period here before. Woop!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoEhwnvODAM/WwnAEu8NFFI/AAAAAAAAWVM/ZX9JOfvmPZkNXZHSRT00X5QVNqpweIPLgCLcBGAs/s1600/stripped_house.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoEhwnvODAM/WwnAEu8NFFI/AAAAAAAAWVM/ZX9JOfvmPZkNXZHSRT00X5QVNqpweIPLgCLcBGAs/s1600/stripped_house.png" width="635" /></a></div>Even our house is getting naked!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kOLHJFvRvkk/WwnAD1Lcm3I/AAAAAAAAWVI/r8JfSzCDlhMh3fhp1Zaf6vgq8Z0W_1R1wCLcBGAs/s1600/lambs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kOLHJFvRvkk/WwnAD1Lcm3I/AAAAAAAAWVI/r8JfSzCDlhMh3fhp1Zaf6vgq8Z0W_1R1wCLcBGAs/s1600/lambs.png" width="635" /></a></div>The summer lambs are back on our meadows.<br /><br /><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HJkhh_E_Hy8/WwnAEv5foDI/AAAAAAAAWVQ/3h0va3B-VZ8bmxHANNIx8yOy875Vl7IegCLcBGAs/s1600/appletree.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HJkhh_E_Hy8/WwnAEv5foDI/AAAAAAAAWVQ/3h0va3B-VZ8bmxHANNIx8yOy875Vl7IegCLcBGAs/s1600/appletree.png" width="635" /></a><br />And underneath my window the apple tree is blooming for a few moments still.<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-21852270715451728502018-05-22T22:49:00.000+03:002018-05-22T22:49:00.083+03:00DIRT & DIAMONDS<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hBrycXN2EMc/WwRzhdv4IOI/AAAAAAAAWU0/uNFl9kZ8dWkPDhgdZsslnTGnYhDP_T9oACLcBGAs/s1600/dirt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hBrycXN2EMc/WwRzhdv4IOI/AAAAAAAAWU0/uNFl9kZ8dWkPDhgdZsslnTGnYhDP_T9oACLcBGAs/s1600/dirt.png" width="635" /></a></div>I just drove my husband out to his tractor on the field to work. It is so dry and dusty everything gets coated in a layer of dirt. And I laughed a bit at me driving trough the fields because that was that one thing I never saw myself doing earlier in life.<br /><br />Never say never and all that.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iJ_KCfaFDUg/WwRzgxBRJkI/AAAAAAAAWUw/hNss4UJeM3g70GBoLQj26EkdyFV0ES7cgCLcBGAs/s1600/green-chrome-nails.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iJ_KCfaFDUg/WwRzgxBRJkI/AAAAAAAAWUw/hNss4UJeM3g70GBoLQj26EkdyFV0ES7cgCLcBGAs/s1600/green-chrome-nails.png" width="635" /></a></div>My nails still look like this though, and that won't change.<br /><br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-63219160846374279232018-05-19T14:03:00.002+03:002018-05-19T14:03:43.706+03:00BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY<br />Waiting for November then!<br /><center><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" gesture="media" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6S9c5nnDd_s" width="853"></iframe></center><br />Queen was the first band I was an actual fan of! I did my first presentation ever in school about the band. My mom helped me put it together. That was a terribly long time ago already.<br /><br />Biopics like these can either be a hit or miss (and sometimes going back and forth between either one), but lets hope this one is good! So far I like how the song mix for the trailer is made, so lets make that a god sign.<br /><br />Ze interwebz told me the movie has <a href="http://putmeinbohemian.com/" target="_blank">a campaign where you can sing</a> Bohemian Rhapsody karaoke-style with your phone and perhaps get your voice in the films (guessing ending credits?) and apart from the looking-for-a-shot-talented-singers I keep thinking of the thousands and thousands of terrible ones that have to, just have to (forbidden karaoke songs: immigrant song by Led Zeppelin or Bohemian Rhapsody) happen. And that somebody has to listen trough. Give me half a bottle of red and a late night and I'm in! (No, please don't).<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-90343063867749943502018-05-13T23:24:00.000+03:002018-05-13T23:24:03.653+03:00FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW: AND SO IT WAS SUMMER<br />This week I was in Strasbourg with&nbsp; +27C and I was prepared to come home to boots and jacket-mode still but alas! - I brought the warmth with me and we celebrated&nbsp; Mother's Day in +25C and sunshine. Weather is always such a factor here.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2rMCXOJLdkc/WvictdoDXNI/AAAAAAAAWT0/7uyHSlz2ascVc6KqiLmwrh9E4u8ObMQ_gCLcBGAs/s1600/4_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2rMCXOJLdkc/WvictdoDXNI/AAAAAAAAWT0/7uyHSlz2ascVc6KqiLmwrh9E4u8ObMQ_gCLcBGAs/s1600/4_1.png" width="635" /></a></div>First outdoor breakfast (mmmm, ok: lunch) of the year! Which I made myself altough offered otherwise; oat-chia pancakes with peanut butter and berries. Not the prettiest, but more yummy than one (me) would think!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OB_6EsDxCLE/WvictqAxwxI/AAAAAAAAWT4/AIpnwH_zI8k5eqoKZAakjLXlIIRkCr4swCLcBGAs/s1600/4_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OB_6EsDxCLE/WvictqAxwxI/AAAAAAAAWT4/AIpnwH_zI8k5eqoKZAakjLXlIIRkCr4swCLcBGAs/s1600/4_2.png" width="635" /></a></div>The outdoor-summer-renovation-mode for the house has begun. This home is in a state of renovation both inside-and out.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GyQoyAxwwRI/Wvicta-GqxI/AAAAAAAAWTw/4DZnP-447Jo_MB9A3qJUcPVzwcwCqjLAwCLcBGAs/s1600/4_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GyQoyAxwwRI/Wvicta-GqxI/AAAAAAAAWTw/4DZnP-447Jo_MB9A3qJUcPVzwcwCqjLAwCLcBGAs/s1600/4_3.png" width="635" /></a></div>&nbsp;Flower-mode is also on; in just a few days the leaves have turned green and flowers are blooming!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zOrnNDBLits/WvicvksudeI/AAAAAAAAWT8/9Ol9De_ay9YnpzFWBlqLxALSMTb0sOZzgCLcBGAs/s1600/4_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zOrnNDBLits/WvicvksudeI/AAAAAAAAWT8/9Ol9De_ay9YnpzFWBlqLxALSMTb0sOZzgCLcBGAs/s1600/4_4.png" width="635" /></a></div>Flowers were also blooming in the pretty Mother's Day-sugar water painting Dag gave me!&nbsp; Altough he nonchanalntely said that they were not really flowers "I just dotted some paint there".<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-84646014567571550122018-05-08T02:41:00.000+03:002018-06-20T02:07:02.645+03:00SUPERWOOD<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqyuPT3fEIM/WvDSJsV3fvI/AAAAAAAAWRE/UZTy3jVV8bMV0DK0-RJBfofbWxhr_SA-ACLcBGAs/s1600/superwwood.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqyuPT3fEIM/WvDSJsV3fvI/AAAAAAAAWRE/UZTy3jVV8bMV0DK0-RJBfofbWxhr_SA-ACLcBGAs/s1600/superwwood.png" width="635" /></a></div><br /><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> <br /><div class="p1">Today I am traveling to Strasbourg to perform at a festival (at Elsass Rock &amp; Jive) in warm and sunny weather!</div><br />So, logically I thought I’d look back some six months ago to to a very different kind of season, festival and ambience - Paola Suhonen’s SuperWood Festival.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rL74rkzPcQA/WvDbkGWp4QI/AAAAAAAAWSY/2kBQCo3MVMAOOM_vmpFIpY_ZyuX_HShGQCLcBGAs/s1600/aleksitikkala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rL74rkzPcQA/WvDbkGWp4QI/AAAAAAAAWSY/2kBQCo3MVMAOOM_vmpFIpY_ZyuX_HShGQCLcBGAs/s1600/aleksitikkala.jpg" width="635" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;">The very first Superwood took place late last October just east of the Helsinki city centre in a now hotel, then 1960’s bank conference building; Hotel Rantapuisto. In all it’s 60’s design glory is a prefect base for the event, which, as one would expect when created by Paola Suhonen / Ivana Helsinki, mixes music, art, design and Finnish nature.</div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;">It’s a rather grown up festival, in a good way, with nice dining and movie screenings - forget muddy fields and tents, and enjoy lounge bar concerts with a living room feeling design hotel rooms - with a twist of spooky woodland vibe:<br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Photo credits at the end of the post)</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3f4b3Z2vphU/WvDbt-sIcpI/AAAAAAAAWSg/Zgzjzfd_9E8gTCaovIQXrMO-A6Jm5hFEgCLcBGAs/s1600/david_jakob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3f4b3Z2vphU/WvDbt-sIcpI/AAAAAAAAWSg/Zgzjzfd_9E8gTCaovIQXrMO-A6Jm5hFEgCLcBGAs/s1600/david_jakob.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9pEOz1D-zY/WvDbpqK6y5I/AAAAAAAAWSc/WiFhYZDXV-UxzZZHtINGxsvSc2vH2C2vgCLcBGAs/s1600/26171957_158791574750383_6144232879412835816_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9pEOz1D-zY/WvDbpqK6y5I/AAAAAAAAWSc/WiFhYZDXV-UxzZZHtINGxsvSc2vH2C2vgCLcBGAs/s1600/26171957_158791574750383_6144232879412835816_o.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OEur1Qnogh4/WvDb8ysjcWI/AAAAAAAAWSw/M_4_khLTzf8Yqed8tqsnHdLJ4RS_ue9iwCLcBGAs/s1600/mira_lintunen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OEur1Qnogh4/WvDb8ysjcWI/AAAAAAAAWSw/M_4_khLTzf8Yqed8tqsnHdLJ4RS_ue9iwCLcBGAs/s1600/mira_lintunen.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X5cwYunpEXg/WvDbgWMDS_I/AAAAAAAAWSU/dWShC-PI3RgKIweN1mJGEOrPxrfAqIHTQCLcBGAs/s1600/david-jakob-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X5cwYunpEXg/WvDbgWMDS_I/AAAAAAAAWSU/dWShC-PI3RgKIweN1mJGEOrPxrfAqIHTQCLcBGAs/s1600/david-jakob-2.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yiku3Zv3Bck/WvDby7lC4iI/AAAAAAAAWSo/p_jyJf2k9_QHgLtiP9VTvKBpQ3MqpvcjQCLcBGAs/s1600/paula_Hiipakka2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yiku3Zv3Bck/WvDby7lC4iI/AAAAAAAAWSo/p_jyJf2k9_QHgLtiP9VTvKBpQ3MqpvcjQCLcBGAs/s1600/paula_Hiipakka2.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mLLYWAl3bE/WvDb16hBwmI/AAAAAAAAWSs/WCZbir9KibsLtbXXhgl5MXfCmssj-QIdwCLcBGAs/s1600/paula_hiipakka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mLLYWAl3bE/WvDb16hBwmI/AAAAAAAAWSs/WCZbir9KibsLtbXXhgl5MXfCmssj-QIdwCLcBGAs/s1600/paula_hiipakka.jpg" width="635" /></a></div>I only attended the first night but immediately regretted not booking the whole weekend. I managed to miss my old pal’s Suad’s sunset concert opening the night (Finland, October, it sets early) but got to listen to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BagukyAlZPZ/" target="_blank">truly magical Mikko Joensuu auditorium set</a>, and then join the wood tour, which Paola put together of different musical performances and installations in the woods surrounding the hotel. A super idea although a bit over crowded, but let’s see how they do it this year.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tNy6BCF4Y7Q/WvDcpTyO3VI/AAAAAAAAWTQ/PEZ9XApXhykFNxSDmPXODFO1qQ-njqy4QCLcBGAs/s1600/jalkkari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="190" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tNy6BCF4Y7Q/WvDcpTyO3VI/AAAAAAAAWTQ/PEZ9XApXhykFNxSDmPXODFO1qQ-njqy4QCLcBGAs/s1600/jalkkari.jpg" width="190" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q6quGzUxBzM/WvDcz-4TiGI/AAAAAAAAWTU/ouMlkfLNY1YTXCOFDdOYUj0U-mkt18IaACLcBGAs/s1600/pekka.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1186" height="190" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q6quGzUxBzM/WvDcz-4TiGI/AAAAAAAAWTU/ouMlkfLNY1YTXCOFDdOYUj0U-mkt18IaACLcBGAs/s1600/pekka.png" width="190" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lD4qCxlfKAw/WvDdN0VaUiI/AAAAAAAAWTc/HIxZujj6FzEvnidTgwQ31gE-j9pdaibJACLcBGAs/s1600/superwood.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1180" height="190" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lD4qCxlfKAw/WvDdN0VaUiI/AAAAAAAAWTc/HIxZujj6FzEvnidTgwQ31gE-j9pdaibJACLcBGAs/s1600/superwood.png" width="190" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="text-align: right;">The hotel restaurant had put together a vegetarian buffet of which lots of the ingredients were picked from the backyard -like sugar coated lichen decorating the dessert. And Pekka Haavisto (Finnish presidential candidate) was DJing! I ate so much I had to lounge on a pile of cushions to get over my food coma while watching one of the feature films.<br /><br />Looking forward to this upcoming autumn to see how the second year of the festival will turn out!</span></div><br /><i>Photos from the Superwood FB page by</i><br /><i>1. Aleksi Tikkala -&nbsp;</i><i>2 &amp; 5. David Jakob -&nbsp;</i><i>3. Tero Kiiski -&nbsp;</i><i>4. Mira Lintunen -&nbsp;</i><i>6 &amp; 7. Paula Hiipakka</i><br /><i><br /></i> <i>Square instagram photos by me except photo of Pekka Haavisto from @pekka.haavisto<br /></i><br /><i><br /></i>The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-10537812201230538042018-04-29T17:14:00.004+03:002018-04-29T17:14:58.343+03:00BOW IT!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NmdGvsa_g4/WuXMjIzBZ2I/AAAAAAAAWQM/5cBbsuDfeh0XQ9IIkoHpPAkmOoEzSARBACLcBGAs/s1600/shirt1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NmdGvsa_g4/WuXMjIzBZ2I/AAAAAAAAWQM/5cBbsuDfeh0XQ9IIkoHpPAkmOoEzSARBACLcBGAs/s1600/shirt1.png" width="635" /></a></div>I took a pair of sleeves and made myself a bow.<br /><br />Here we have a vintage blouse that I adopted when my mother wanted to get rid of it, but that I am - lets face it- most likely never going to wear:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3phF9nTyA_M/WuXMj0sd3nI/AAAAAAAAWQQ/bgm3827pKxIv1SAci65F0mvdhyDvndmngCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3phF9nTyA_M/WuXMj0sd3nI/AAAAAAAAWQQ/bgm3827pKxIv1SAci65F0mvdhyDvndmngCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt2.png" width="635" /></a></div>Unless we procrastinate a bit on everything else I have on the to-do list and tweak this one a little bit.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UpRGnZDWhKA/WuXMkPvkAhI/AAAAAAAAWQU/VePQYIwQHJsvg76CaWJdMxFAT44AOcCvwCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UpRGnZDWhKA/WuXMkPvkAhI/AAAAAAAAWQU/VePQYIwQHJsvg76CaWJdMxFAT44AOcCvwCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt3.png" width="635" /></a></div>Snip snap off with the sleeves we go!<br /><br />In general (and this is a true generalisation), short sleeves work best for me. So if an item is not being worn often enough shortening its sleeves often helps for me. You&nbsp;<a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.fi/2015/06/dress-fix-from-sleeves-to-pockets.html" target="_blank">have seen me turn sleeves into pockets before on a dress</a>&nbsp;and immediately earn plus points (equals wear-points) but if you can't make pockets, make a bow - in this case we will pimp up this blouse to get a pussy bow by making a ribbon from the sleeves.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pJWeTQ13lM8/WuXMmBEvgQI/AAAAAAAAWQY/8Xg-Rx0ZPyEatpys2sZPtdAe06zc4tEPwCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pJWeTQ13lM8/WuXMmBEvgQI/AAAAAAAAWQY/8Xg-Rx0ZPyEatpys2sZPtdAe06zc4tEPwCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt4.png" width="635" /></a></div>In order for you to tie it properly into a bow around your neck and not just a knot (which could be quite nice as well) you need the ribbon, or tie,&nbsp; to be at least about 110cm. One could make the ribbons such that they are sewn to, and begin at the front sides of the shirt, in whic case they could be shorterBut I wanted mine to be sturdy and go around my neck.<br /><br />Because the sleeves are not long enough by themselves to make the tie in one (or two) I put it together of four pieces, two narrower to meet under the collar in the neck, and two that widen towards the edges, to be tied into tbe bow. You can see the seams where I sew the pieces together when the ribbon is hanging like this but it won't show when it is tied into a bow.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mOSbL7iHlnk/WuXMtzIV60I/AAAAAAAAWQg/5Okzvi5V8Ag_u4WXtvUSeVHag_1POteagCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mOSbL7iHlnk/WuXMtzIV60I/AAAAAAAAWQg/5Okzvi5V8Ag_u4WXtvUSeVHag_1POteagCLcBGAs/s1600/shirt5.png" width="645" /></a></div>Hem the sleeves and voila! The shirt got wear-me points again!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fO1UzLx9mbs/WuXMnEMXlXI/AAAAAAAAWQc/AM0P404sJV4PsEAuoiMoElsYgZz9JGg6ACLcBGAs/s1600/shirt6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fO1UzLx9mbs/WuXMnEMXlXI/AAAAAAAAWQc/AM0P404sJV4PsEAuoiMoElsYgZz9JGg6ACLcBGAs/s1600/shirt6.png" width="635" /></a></div>So I wore it right away. Here with a RubyLea-turban and an old Zara skirt from 2009 or '10 (that does not have stretch and that I really, truly do wonder how it is possible I can still button in the waist, as it seems few other items from, umm, pre 2014 or so can be fastened without a painful inhalation, and sometimes not even that helps. Sniff.).<br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-64125339425447802222018-04-26T02:05:00.000+03:002018-04-26T02:07:12.416+03:00DAG'S ROOM<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRIH_hY08qM/WuDzAtav9lI/AAAAAAAAWOA/F6pJ2gnV7Q4XYemYy_BidJNFrTvmV0bEwCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRIH_hY08qM/WuDzAtav9lI/AAAAAAAAWOA/F6pJ2gnV7Q4XYemYy_BidJNFrTvmV0bEwCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom.png" width="635" /></a></div>At the end of last summer we renovated a room for Dag!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPx9bQYxE-w/WuDyoH5EIoI/AAAAAAAAWNk/LsV7pQLlGSEaXQSvMJ-RQ9uJdbvcSz7rwCLcBGAs/s1600/dag_train.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPx9bQYxE-w/WuDyoH5EIoI/AAAAAAAAWNk/LsV7pQLlGSEaXQSvMJ-RQ9uJdbvcSz7rwCLcBGAs/s1600/dag_train.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pmFzZdjpSnI/WuDzGVN6OMI/AAAAAAAAWOE/3HjO0B_mWfEz9t2d9kxTAwrmFZJdG6oOwCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom_corner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pmFzZdjpSnI/WuDzGVN6OMI/AAAAAAAAWOE/3HjO0B_mWfEz9t2d9kxTAwrmFZJdG6oOwCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom_corner.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ever since <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.fi/2016/12/for-last-time.html" target="_blank">we moved out of the flat in the city</a> to stay in the countryside permanently we have been living in a constant renovation state, or rather, the notion of a&nbsp;<i>we-should-be-renovating</i>&nbsp;state. Half of our downstairs still consists of a labyrinth of boxes, and while I knew this would be a slow process, it is driving me insane nontetheless. However, slowly but certainly we have managed to get&nbsp;<i>some things</i>&nbsp;done:&nbsp; a year ago we turned what I had referred to as "the renovation hole" into a walk-in closet, and at the end of summer we finally got around fixing Dag a proper room!<br />(Earlier this year we renovated a room for Dag's older brother -the oldest boy has moved away from home to study already- and as late as then we finally also got proper electricity in this room; everything had been with extention chords there forever. We also got electricity to the walk-in closet and some chords and plugs in our bedroom corrected.&nbsp; That one sure was a big moment of "finally"; phew!)&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qR7lQ5FhG1g/WuD69wJsG0I/AAAAAAAAWO0/sYofCIR2Qc44d-ndA65k3SgrQL1i5nT3ACLcBGAs/s1600/renovationD-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1440" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qR7lQ5FhG1g/WuD69wJsG0I/AAAAAAAAWO0/sYofCIR2Qc44d-ndA65k3SgrQL1i5nT3ACLcBGAs/s1600/renovationD-1.png" width="635" /></a></div>Last July we emptied the old kids room; took out the plastic carpet from the 1980's, tore down the old wall paper and renewed the walls.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fDKb1UDW1qo/WuD6982yvAI/AAAAAAAAWO4/H8HAYcAjPu4go8H04PaRUYc9J8_mivqEQCLcBGAs/s1600/renovationD-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1440" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fDKb1UDW1qo/WuD6982yvAI/AAAAAAAAWO4/H8HAYcAjPu4go8H04PaRUYc9J8_mivqEQCLcBGAs/s1600/renovationD-2.png" width="635" /></a></div>The old room was a pretty ok light blue but I wanted more warmth so the walls became a sunny light yellow. We lay in wooden floor boards.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8HQn0DE9R_0/WuD6-DHUBgI/AAAAAAAAWO8/0SHptu0mGmYOjsOi7VLvG0LnWcbd7ilogCLcBGAs/s1600/renovationD-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8HQn0DE9R_0/WuD6-DHUBgI/AAAAAAAAWO8/0SHptu0mGmYOjsOi7VLvG0LnWcbd7ilogCLcBGAs/s1600/renovationD-3.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Eddi and his father built a mini walk-in closet; I find it easier to decorate when you get more corners in big rooms. Plus big closets that go all the way to the ceiling are always a win storage-wize.<br />I painted the floor and for a moment of mind-slip almost managed to paint me in one of those handy corners. But just almost.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXI6RR05vyA/WuDy-HesIKI/AAAAAAAAWN8/Dy6LjrCnRegBuMcsBKna6E0IPAFdtzpVQCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom_closetlion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXI6RR05vyA/WuDy-HesIKI/AAAAAAAAWN8/Dy6LjrCnRegBuMcsBKna6E0IPAFdtzpVQCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom_closetlion.png" width="635" /></a><br />Dag keeps all his dress-up items and ninja gear in his closet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUIgTvb8UMY/WuDz1HaRHHI/AAAAAAAAWOk/ttySyiSM_90GDLyNrtgjJfllfiyNS7seACLcBGAs/s1600/ninjas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUIgTvb8UMY/WuDz1HaRHHI/AAAAAAAAWOk/ttySyiSM_90GDLyNrtgjJfllfiyNS7seACLcBGAs/s1600/ninjas.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ninjas are his thing, still. He likes to build them out of Hama-pearls and is pretty creative with them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhzdsAKRZP4/WuDzRgeHdjI/AAAAAAAAWOU/I0J4vCvl2HoN94nN8EvA0gUY0Au7QPTDQCLcBGAs/s1600/dymolabels.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhzdsAKRZP4/WuDzRgeHdjI/AAAAAAAAWOU/I0J4vCvl2HoN94nN8EvA0gUY0Au7QPTDQCLcBGAs/s1600/dymolabels.png" width="635" /></a></div>Most of his ninjas are in the form of Legos though. I got myself an old-school Dymo and have been labelling a lot of things around the house as I've been organising. Dag learned to read last year so he can help keep the order of his Spinjizus and those tiny tiny claw-hands. (Mind you, these here are the smallest special-pieces only. The amount of legos in the house, after three boys, is overwhelming.)<br /><br />The castle poster is a vintage school poster that Dag got when he had his short fling with knights in between ninja-phases.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9nrbXEOoazo/WuDzRWoBQMI/AAAAAAAAWOc/6XaGgYKq9CsjGQH3A-ZKlzCs1NdM7kBnACEwYBhgL/s1600/dagsroom_table.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9nrbXEOoazo/WuDzRWoBQMI/AAAAAAAAWOc/6XaGgYKq9CsjGQH3A-ZKlzCs1NdM7kBnACEwYBhgL/s1600/dagsroom_table.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.fi/2011/08/two-other-rooms.html" target="_blank">table surface is the same the older boys had</a> in <a href="https://freelancersfashion.blogspot.fi/search/label/city%20home" target="_blank">Tapiola</a>; the old kitchen top from that flat's original kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sW0yBxtMriY/WuDzUsaM1KI/AAAAAAAAWOY/OHD4lqe_P5wPSD4c3dofH-vfM2jjJgcFQCLcBGAs/s1600/jupiterbunny_moonlamp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sW0yBxtMriY/WuDzUsaM1KI/AAAAAAAAWOY/OHD4lqe_P5wPSD4c3dofH-vfM2jjJgcFQCLcBGAs/s6160/jupiterbunny_moonlamp.png" width="635" /></a></div>The bunny with a view on Jupiter lives next to the moon.<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/turrrbocherry/status/930915255269625862" target="_blank">Facebook ads sure know how to sell me things.</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5gAbuxt-ato/WuDy8K7Z30I/AAAAAAAAWN4/IFBsqLV5RgEqw70DAVJusN04-396eOd6QCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom_bed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="423" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5gAbuxt-ato/WuDy8K7Z30I/AAAAAAAAWN4/IFBsqLV5RgEqw70DAVJusN04-396eOd6QCLcBGAs/s1600/dagsroom_bed.png" width="635" /></a></div>There are still some small things to be done in here like a bookshelf and curtains (and, in this room as in all the others: taking out and painting those damn windows! That work will either suck to do, or cost sooo much to have done, I have no idea when it actually will ever happen)&nbsp; - but otherwise we are on the winning side of this one already!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IL5bTBeSvbQ/WuDypX-etnI/AAAAAAAAWNs/SO_ns6qKK_EHlXRPP_NMSAHgd3g81gTbwCLcBGAs/s1600/dag_discotent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="960" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IL5bTBeSvbQ/WuDypX-etnI/AAAAAAAAWNs/SO_ns6qKK_EHlXRPP_NMSAHgd3g81gTbwCLcBGAs/s1600/dag_discotent.png" width="635" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And every now and then there's a disco in here!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453221088340380437.post-19799054347710085202018-04-16T17:30:00.000+03:002018-04-16T19:12:45.096+03:00MANGO-LEMON VEGAN NO-BAKE CHEESECAKE<br />Lets start the week with some cake!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YXuE4nTPu8/WtPEKGNEoVI/AAAAAAAAWM4/dc_z6SCt0nw2nyKmArPjtrdxOg-NHOfSgCLcBGAs/s1600/veganpie2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YXuE4nTPu8/WtPEKGNEoVI/AAAAAAAAWM4/dc_z6SCt0nw2nyKmArPjtrdxOg-NHOfSgCLcBGAs/s16000/veganpie2.png" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The other day I was a guest at a radio show where we talked about the usual things that I tend to visit various shows for, but also had some chit chat on different things, one of them being food.<br />But I can't really asnwer the question of weather I cook or not correctly. Perhaps a boring&nbsp; '<i>sometimes</i>' is the right answer. Most of the time I just make what I can get away with quickly (and, as you may recall, due to how I work I most often buy something fast that I have in my car...sniff). But sometimes I do cook properly, and mainly tend to bake things. And I have a habit of not really following recipes, but rather get inspired by them, and often coming up with things myself.<br /><br />So - here is a semi-raw, no-bake, vegan and&nbsp; gluten free cheesecake without white sugar that I put together for Easter.<br /><br />Ok, I know the above categories will make some go "blah" but for me the thing with making these "free of"-cakes is that they should be as yummy and sweet-tooth soothing as any so called conventional cake, and not a substitute. Plus, if it's breakfast worthy it's a bonus because, reaaaally, who would not want to have cake for breakfast?<br />(Ok, I actually know several weirdos who would answer with a 'not me' to that one but in my universe cake for breakfast equals awesomeness, mmmkay?)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XuYFwLutA0Y/WtPEJvoswwI/AAAAAAAAWM0/AgYQ9JefAIQSZoeFbCE48G2_EGaKOr5PQCLcBGAs/s1600/veganpie1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XuYFwLutA0Y/WtPEJvoswwI/AAAAAAAAWM0/AgYQ9JefAIQSZoeFbCE48G2_EGaKOr5PQCLcBGAs/s16000/veganpie1.png" width="635" /></a></div>The crust on this one is made with less nuts than usual for some variation, by using roasted buckwheat instead. I am normally not too fond of the taste of buckwheat, but when roasted it has pleasant taste and makes the crust more piquant.<br />The cake has a lemond curd-y layer in the middle, and a fruity cheese layer on top made with fabulous oat-based PåMackan cream cheese. (It's a great product; tastes just like the real thing!) If nuts are an issue you could try leave them out and use only sunflower seeds for the crust instead (in which case you might have to leave out the mid layer which is made mainly from cashews, or then make a lemon paste of something else). If this does not have to be vegan you can of course make the cheese out of regular Philadelpia or similar.&nbsp; If the mango is very sweet itself you might not need any extra sweetener, depending on your preferences. I used some agave syrup. Coconut oil is used to firm the cheese filling, but sometimes I have made fillings using cocoa butter instead (but that is way more expensive and not something I have at home regularly).<br />The cake mold I use is 22cm, alas, if you want a higher creation then use a smaller mold.<br /><br />Alright! As this is no-bake you'll manage without an oven. Apart from a kitchen mixer, here's what you will need:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xSyBhOLKKE/WtPEKlnQskI/AAAAAAAAWM8/4V_PSy0cJ181rwSeOTZ5Uk1YZNmFeUwrACLcBGAs/s1600/veganpie3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="423" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xSyBhOLKKE/WtPEKlnQskI/AAAAAAAAWM8/4V_PSy0cJ181rwSeOTZ5Uk1YZNmFeUwrACLcBGAs/s1600/veganpie3.png" width="635" /></a></div><br />For the crust -<br /><i>1,5 dl&nbsp; raw buckwheat</i><br /><i>2,5 dl walnuts</i><br /><i>1,5 dl sunflower seeds</i><br /><i>175g dates (approx.), soaked for a while if dried and pressed</i><br /><i>lemon zest</i><br /><i>1 tbs oil</i><br /><br />For the faux lemon curd paste-<br /><i>4dl cashews</i><br /><i>juice of 2 lemons</i><br /><i>vanilla</i><br /><i>sweetener of your choice</i><br /><br />For the cheese filling -<br /><i>1 mango</i><br /><i>1 pack (150g) of På Mackan vegan cream cheese</i><br /><i>a little lemon zest</i><br /><i>sweetener of your choice</i><br /><i>a dash of vanilla</i><br /><i>2 tbs melted coconut oil</i><br /><i><br /></i> Dry-roast the buckwheat in a pan on mid-to high heat. Be careful not to burn them; move them around.<br /><br />Put the buckwheat (I keep writing buckwhat. Like buck-WHAT? Haha) in the kitchen mixer and mix, adding first walnuts about a dl at a time and then the seeds, until you have a semi smooth texture. It's okay to leave a bit of crunch.<br /><br />Add the dates (squeeze out excess water if you had them soaked) and mix, then the lemon zest and the oil. Press into a cake mold and put in the fridge while doing the rest.<br /><br />Next step! Mix the cashews smooth, add the lemon juice, the vanilla, and a bit of sweetener. You will get a rather firm paste. Spread/press it out on the crust and put back into the fridge.<br /><br />Time for the cheese filling! Mash the mango and mix it smooth with the cream cheese. Add the rest.<br />(At this point of the preparation I thought that my mind had fucked this up, because the luke warm mango-cheese mix did not taste good right our of the mixer. But fear not! It will be nice once it has cooled down!)<br /><br />Pour the filling on the cake and put in the fridge for an hour or two (or freezer, if you want it quicker. Also, some decoration would porpably be nice, but I never got that far. Berries would be a good suggestion!). Then serve and enjoy!<br /><br />Store in a sealed box if you don't eat all at once.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Freelancer's FashionBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850119040594558585noreply@blogger.com0